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    "localId": "9633",
    "label": "Esterhazy Marriage Collar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.586"
}

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    "id": "9633",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.586",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Esterhazy Marriage Collar",
    "description": "This elegant, jeweled wedding collar (incomplete) was reputedly worn by the scion of a powerful Hungarian noble family allied with the Habsburgs, Palatine Miklos Esterhazy, at his wedding in 1611. The design evokes a stylized flower garland interspersed with references to love and marriage, including right hands clasped around a heart (union based on good faith and love), doves (affection), cornucopias (prosperity), and forget-me-nots (loyalty). Such a piece of ritual jewelry could be valued as a striking symbol of the fundamental importance of marital alliances to the Habsburgs.The associated ornament has two hooks on the back for fastening it to clothing.",
    "provenance": "Counts Esterhazy, by inheritance; Bishop Sigismund Bubics (Zsigmund Bubics) of Kaschau (Kosice), by purchase; Jacques Seligmann, Paris (No. 101 in French Sale); Henry Walters, 1923, by purchase; Sadie Jones (Mrs Henry Walters), 1931, by inheritance; Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 1, 1941, no. 1289; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1611 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.586",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "necklaces",
        "collars"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 18 in. (45.7 cm)"
}

{
    "dynasty": "House of Habsburg",
    "med": "gold, enamel, rubies, emeralds, pearls, sapphires, stones, other gems or colored glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15496",
        "15497"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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